Sanitary Water Board Cracks Down On Cities
The Illinois State Sanitary Water Board announced its first pollution hearing since tougher anti pollution statutes. Mt Vernon Carlinville and Lehon Co will appear August 15 to show cause why steps to correct pollution should not be ordered.
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State Sanitary Water Board
Ilinois
Mt. Vernon
Pearlinville
Lehon Company
Wilmington
Illinois
Clarence Klassen
Casey Fork
Big Muddy
Carlinville
Macoupin Creek
Kankakee
Southern Illinois educators plan joint challenge to flat grants ruling
William Carruthers of Murphysboro said his committee will seek southern Illinois school district support to challenge attorney general Ivan Elliott's flat grant ruling. The group, joined by Russell Malan Harrisburg H O Belford Marion and advised by Frank Trobaugh West Frankfort, aims to mobilize boards in the coming days after a July 26 meeting at Southern Illinois University.
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William Carruthers
Murphysboro
Ivan Elliott
Carruthers
Frank Trobaugh
West Frankfort
Southern School Board
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Elliott
Sparta Woman Endorsed As Legion Aux President
About 1 400 delegates registered for the 29th Illinois American Legion Auxiliary convention in Chicago. Mrs J Walter Hoffman Park Ridge state president presides. The group endorsed Mrs Norman L Sheehe Rockford for national president. election at Philadelphia convention Aug 29 to Sept 1. Nominations for 1950 include Mrs J Stanley Brown Sparta for president.
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Chicago
Illinois American Legion Auxiliary
J. Walter Hoffman
Park Ridge
Norman L. Sheehe
Rockford
Philadelphia
J. Stanley Brown
Sparta
Illinois State Normal to graduate 148 in Aug commencement
Illinois State Normal University will graduate 148 persons in the August 12 commencement. Of these 123 will receive bachelor degrees and 25 will earn master’s degrees. Dr. John S. Brubacher of Yale University will deliver the commencement address.
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Normal Ill
Illinois State Normal University Today
John S. Brubacher
Yale University
Tavern Owners Face Hearings
Chicago August day reports Illinois Liquor Control Commission will deny licenses to tavern operators convicted of gambling. About 583 licenses held in nine northern counties. 275 convicted rambling tavern keepers. Hearings to begin by Sept 1 in Chicago and Springfield, with 30 to 40 cases daily.
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Chicago
Charles J. Fleck
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Fleck
Illinois
Springfield
William H. Hughes
Chalmer Taylor
Bloomington
State of Illinois
Centennial
Midway License Is Surrendered
Jackson County Board of Supervisors ex officio liquor license commissioner Sam Plant announced that Pearl Williams voluntarily surrendered the Midway tavern license north of DeSoto after a tavern fight last night. Williams must file an application and appear before Plant to seek reinstatement. Williams’s brother Clarence Williams posted a $2,000 bond after a charge by George Pike for an assault alleged last week at the Midway.
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Sam Plant
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Jackson County
Pearl Williams
Midway
DeSoto
Plant
Williams
Clarence Wiliams
George Pike
Aight
Downstate Fires Cost Over One Million in June Damages
In Downstate during June there were 691 fires causing damage of 1,235,679 dollars. Dwellings suffered 213 fires and automobiles 168. The leading cause was electricity, responsible for 212 blazes, per State Fire Marshal Pat Kelly.
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Springfield
Downstate Finois
Pat Kelly
Hot Weather For Week End
Chicago dispatch notes a weekend heat wave across the Midwest with 100 plus readings in the Northern Plains and Rockies. Highs reach 103 at Philip S. D. and 101 at Miles City Montana while Southeastern states see humid, cloudy conditions and scattered rain.
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Midwest
Plains
Rockies
Philip S. D
Miles City
Mont
Middle Atlantic States
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Weather outlook with temperatures and lake readings
Fair and warm in the near term with a general rise in temperatures. Tonight and Saturday mostly fair with warmer conditions on Saturday. Lows tonight 63 to 68 and highs Saturday 85 to 90. Thurday readings show 62 at 7 am and 89 at noon, 82 at 6 pm. Precipitation 0 from yesterday to today 7 am. Sun up 5 am and set 7:12 pm. Crab Orchard Lake inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 15 feet below spillway, Mississippi River Grand Tower 12.2 feet this morning.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River Grand Tower
Extended five day forecast for Mli no is
The period from Saturday to Wednesday will see temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal. Normal highs reach 86 north 90 south and lows 63 north 66 south. A gradual rise in temperature continues through Sunday with warm humid conditions thereafter. Precipitation averages small amounts with widely scattered thunder showers most days after Saturday.
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Mlinois
Stevenson Presses Need Based Veterans Aid At Illinois Legion Meet
Gov Adlai E Stevenson told the Illinois American Legion that veterans benefits must go to those who actually need aid. He warned against abuse and waste and urged avoiding a gravy train perception while pledging continued generosity for legitimate veteran support. Spokesmen noted loyalty resolution debate and district officers to be chosen at the Civic Opera House gathering. Merle Schad of Princeville expected to become department commander with William Burns of Chicago departing.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois American Legion
Illinois’ Department
U. S. Supreme Court
Stevenson
Illinois
America
Supreme Court
Resolutions Committee
Chicago Civic Opera House
Merle E. Schad
Princeville
William G. Burns
State Department
Wedemeyer
Acheson
Truman
U. S
China
Russia
Ache- Son
United States
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
William Knowland
Calif
SIU Board to Vote on Ending Salary Ceilings for Top Faculty
Southern Illinois University board meets at 9 30 a m to decide whether to lift or remove entirely the 8000 dollar annual salary ceiling for deans and department heads with Dr Morris topping at 10000. They also consider attracting faculty athletes foreign students and talent via scholarships and new off campus centers while approving land purchases and an executive secretary hire.
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Southern Illinois University Board
D. W. Morris
Tomorow
Ninth Illinois highway chiefs hold monthly meeting at Jonesboro
County highway superintendents from the Ninth Illinois district met in Jonesboro for their regular session. Representatives from the state highway district office at Carbondale attended as discussion centered on maintenance legislation and current needs. Dinner was served at the state forestry nursery lodge northwest of town.
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Illinois
Jonesboro
State Highway District
Carbondale
State Forestry Nursery
Bergman Plans Divorce and Quits Films
Swedish film star Ingrid Bergman announces divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom and plans to quit acting. Sources say she may marry Italian director Roberto Rossellini after the split and will seek incompatibility as grounds. Pia, her 11 year old daughter, would not face exclusive custody.
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Bergman
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Joseph Steele
Roberto Rossellini
Steele
Rossellini
Miss Bergman
Italy
Sweden
Rosellini
Hollywood
Lina- Strom
Ingrid
Pia
Guy Gabrielson Elected G. O. P. National Chairman
Washington August five AP report says Guy G Gabrielson, 58, of New Jersey, elected GOP national chairman by a 52 to 47 margin over Axel J Beck. The result places Taft supporters in control, with How ard Reece and others backing Gabrielson while Dewey loyalists backed Beck. The vote reflected a split party and the absence of a unified front behind any candidate.
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Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Gabrielson
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
Congress
Beck
A. T. “Bert’’ Howard
Nebraska
National Party
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Reece
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Col. R. B. Creager
Texas
Party Old Guard
Acheson Calls Reds Tools of the Soviet
Secretary of State Dean Acheson blasted the Chinese Communists as tools of Russia and declared U S willingness to aid the Chinese people in establishing true independence.
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Acheson
Washington
Dean Acheson
Russia
United States
China
Truman
Soviet
Polio Cases Jump to 555 in Illinois
Illinois Health department reported 33 new polio cases, bringing the year total to 555 across 18 counties. The bulletin urged calm, noted most infections do not paralyze, and described deaths in Marion, Sangamon, Knox and Champaign counties with local quarantines and hospital responses in Springfield.
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Springfield
State Health Department
Illinois
Marion
Sangamon
Knox
Champaign
Ilinoi
Floyd Wilson
Centralia
Thomas,Morse
Eldorado
St. John’s Hospital
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
Ford County
John Joseph Lynch
Gibson City
Illinois Republicans back Gabrielson for RNC chair
Illinois members of the Republican National Committee Werner W. Schroeder and Mrs. Bertha D. Baur, both of Chicago, voted for Guy Gabrielson yesterday as he was elected RNC chairman by a 52 to 47 margin over Axel J. Beck.
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Washington
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Axel J. Beck
Werner W. Schroeder
Bertha D. Baur
Chicago
Child Visiting In Cobden Stricken With Polio
Eleanor Lou Treece, three or four year old daughter of a Chicago couple, visiting Cobden relatives, has polio and is hospitalized at St. Francis in Peoria. She is with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Treece of Chicago visiting Mrs. Treece’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sturgeons. The Treeces have two other children.
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Eleanor Lou Treece
Chicago
Cobden
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
George Treece
New Trial Denied in Rutledge Murder Case
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 5 AP District Judge J E Heiserman overruled a motion for a new trial for Dr Robert C Rutledge Jr St Louis pediatrician convicted of second degree murder in his wife's alleged seducer slaying The judge announced the ruling at the start of his statement Rutledge and his wife Soney showed no emotion when told the motion was overruled on all 21 grounds The court set 10 am Monday for sentencing.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
J. E. Heiserman
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
St. Louis
Rutledge
Soney
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Kansas
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